U S oil firms urge retaliation over Canadian policy
U S oil executives at a congressional hearing urged countermeasures against Canada for restricting foreign ownership of energy assets. Conoco Cities Service and St Joe argued Canada’s National Energy Program and the Foreign Investment Review Agency threaten U S interests and called for action, including tax and lending limits, if diplomacy fails.
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Wayne Kondro
Southam News
Washington
Canada
Conoco Inc
Cities Service Co
St. Joe Minerals Corp
House Committee On Oversight and Investigations
U.S
Trudeau
National Energy Program
Wood
Nu-West Development Co. Ltd
Dome Petroleum Ltd
Sam Schwartz
Conoco
Dome
Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Co. Ltd
Dingell
George Ball
New York
Lehman Brothers
Kuhn Loeb
Congress
Ball
Ottawa
Foreign Investment Review Agency
Oil glut drags world oil prices below 32 dollars
World oil prices fall below the 32 dollar level after Saudi output and a glut push prices down. Venezuelan oil minister Humberto Calderon Berti urges OPEC members to freeze prices through 1983 or 1984 to protect market share amid falling demand and shifts to coal.
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U.S
Saudi Arabia
Humberto Calderon Berti
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Calderon Berti
OPEC
Potash Mine Roof Fall Kills Two Workers near Saskatoon
Two miners died Friday at Potash Corp Cory Mine eight kilometres west of Saskatoon when a roof slab about 9 by 12 metres and 20 centimetres thick collapsed 600 metres underground. RCMP and labor inspectors investigated. a Crown corporation probe was ordered. Surviving crew members were uninjured.
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RCMP
Mines Inspection Branch
Provincial
Labor Department
PCS
David Dombowski
Crown Corporation
Goertzen
Corporation
Cory
Saskatchewan
Postal strike moves closer after conciliation board report
Montreal chair Pierre Jasmin recommends 17 weeks paid maternity leave a ban on plant cameras better benefits for part time workers the right to refuse dangerous work and a 70 cent wage hike the board split three ways with no details from government nominee The union plans a strike vote as its executive urges a strong mandate to strike after the report is released Monday by the Public Service Staff Relations Board June 29 set as potential strike date.
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Ottawa
Pierre Jasmin
Montreal
Jasmin
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Jacques Desmarais
Francois Gregoire
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Jean-Claude Parrot
National Executive Board
UN Security Council condemns Israeli attack on Iraqi reactor
The UN Security Council unanimously condemns Israel for destroying Iraq's Osirak reactor. The draft resolution criticizes the raid but omits sanctions. Israeli and Iraqi officials defend actions amid U.S. support and calls for nonproliferation adherence.
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United Nations
UN Security Council
U.S
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Saadoun Hammadi
Israel
Kirkpatrick
United States
Middle East
Iraq
Yehuda Blum
Baghdad
Blum
Sigvark Eklund
International Atomic Energy Agency
Eklund
Bikers protest helmet laws at Alberta Legislature
Bikers rights group staged a peaceful Friday protest on the Legislative grounds against mandatory helmet laws describing the rule as discriminatory. The event drew motorcycle enthusiasts and supporters from the province.
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Alberta
Bikers’ Rights Organization
Banks blamed for farmer bankruptcies as loans rise
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan told the Coaldale chamber that banks and private lenders have pushed thousands of farmers toward bankruptcy with high rate loans and short terms. He cited Farm Credit Corp. shrinking its share, calling for debt moratoriums and longer mortgages. He urged more federal aid and tweaks to the Bank Act while warning about grain freight rate changes.
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Coaldale, Alta
Canada
Eugene Whelan
Whelan
Coaldale Chamber of Commerce
Federal Farm Credit Corp
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Federal Credit Corporation
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
National Farmers Union
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Wayne Graham
Great Falls
Allan Fotheringham
Andrew Snaddon
Ann Landers
Cee Rae
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Charles Lynch City News
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